Rail device.



L. TRITIGO.

RAIL DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1912.

1,05%3Q4h Y Patented M2125, 1913.

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' device-and the principal objectof'the saine vent the-rails fr'omtspr'eadin'g (and thus I -..prevent accidents. ilt isa well-known fact that a'very great-number 'o'taccidents are i Whenatrain passes over thetrack'the fling the device 'witl'r the enlarged view of one ner offorming the ends ofthe device.

Referring'tothe accompanying drawings 7 it will be seen thatthis invention comprises a bar- 1Q having one end portion provided with the forks 11. The end of the bar 12 through'thewebs of the rails 13 so that. when place, the railslwill' he very'securel'y heldin y their proper spaced relation. lt'should .be"

' with the forks 11 that the device is a great deal.

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ing any side play which would tend to work are passed through rails, thenuts l4: having -first been placed {To dime-mim cn0em'., e lfl-kIlOWIL that 'I LEONARDTT ITIGQ, a. {citizen ofxthe- United 1 States, i'esiding. at i-Ston City, 'inwthe' county; of Brazos and 'threaded ends of the bar and forks 11;-

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' This invention relates .to 'a.'-rail securing is to provide a rail" securei' whichfwill precaused by the rails working" loose from the spikes in ;the ties/and spreadingnso that wheels jump the track and: thus pausetjhe trainutobe "Wreckedi -'lh-is invention will prevent end "of one of the .devices and illustrates aslig'htly modified maneand .the ends oflthe, forks .11 arethreaded as shown atz12, and;t-l iese threaded ends pass the nuts 14 and 15 are screwed tightly into noted that by having thebar 10 provided since it is prevented from havthe nuts loose; When using this device the openings formed in the joining end portion of said bar and. threaded end portions, clampi being I Specification 'ot mes Pa ient, Patented Mar. 25,1913. Q "mismanaged August e'ia; Serial 1%. 712,743.

f upon -;the threaded end portions of the dev ce; The nuts 15 are .then screwed into place and after the rails have been secured in the proper spaced. relation by means of the usual spikes, the nuts 14 are turned until they come in contact with the webs of the rails and the nuts are then tightened until .they "are turned very tightly into place. It should he noted tliatwlien the nuts 15 are turned tightly into place that they cause the threads of the nuts 14 to bind with the the device thus locking the threaded ends of The nuts 15 may be locked nuts 1st in place.

place-by. any suitable means desired and 1t W1 1 thusbe seenthat' when the device is once in place itwill be heid very securely.

In Fig. 3 there has been shown a slightiy modified form of the device in which the threaded'ends of the device are provided with the reduced end portions 16. The nuts 14L are screwed upon the larger threaded end portions of the device and the'reduced end portions 16 are then passed through the held securely in place. It will thus be seen.

Webs of the rails and the nuts 15 then tightly that thisinodification operates in the same manner as the ,form shown in-l-Eigs. 1 and 2,'fbut that the end portions of the device areconstructed in a slightly different inanner; From inspection of Fig. 1 it will also ebeiseen that when these devices are in use itis preferable to have the forked ends of one of the devices extending in the opposite direction from the forked ends of the ad- .devices, thus greatly strengthening therails and assisting each other in holding the rails in place.

v Having thusdescribed the inventionwhat is claimed as new is device of the character described comprisin-v' a bar having a threaded end portion, and orks extending from the opposite rovided with adapted to be screwed upon the? hreaded ends of said her and forks to securey hold said device in position.

threaded and the opposite end portion bifu'r cated-to providea pair of arms, the arms being provided with threaded end portions, ing nuts for the threaded end portions of and clamping nuts threaded upon the end said bar and forks. A 10 portions of said bar and arms. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix 1n 3. A device of the character described signature in presence of two Witnesses. comprising a bar, and forks extending from LEONARD TRITICO.

one end of said bar, the ends of said forks Witnesses: and bar being threaded and terminating in G. W. MCKNIGHT,

reduced threaded end portions, and clamp- V. l COURT. 4

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